Mobile money transfers gaining currency with consumers
If you need to pay a baby sitter, send money to a kid in college or reimburse a friend for lunch but don't have your checkbook or cash on hand, pick up your smartphone.
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Dec 15, 2011
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Analysis says $79 Kindle costs $84 to make
A recent analysis from IHS iSuppli determined that Amazon's $79 Kindle e-reader, which is the online retailer's cheapest Kindle thus far, costs $84.25 to make.
Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 11, 2011
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Square streamlines payment via mobile 'tabs'
Square, Jack Dorsey's mobile payments startup, was founded on the idea that it could simplify the way the world pays for goods and services.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 7, 2011
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Growth eyed in Indian mobile banking sector
Hundreds of millions of poor Indians who have no access to financial services could benefit from mobile banking, experts say, as cell phone use grows at breakneck pace.
Telecom
May 23, 2011
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SAfrica's MTN launches mobile insurance program
(AP) -- A South African mobile phone giant has joined with an insurance company to launch a program in Ghana that will allow subscribers to pay for life insurance through their mobile phones, a company official said Wednesday.
Telecom
Mar 23, 2011
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Twitter already making money, CEO says
Twitter, the world's most popular micro-blogging site, is already making money and must become even simpler and more unified across platforms in the future, Chief Executive Dick Costolo told the audience at Mobile World Congress ...
Business
Feb 15, 2011
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Dwolla a new player in electronic money transfers
(AP) -- Just as plastic rendered paper checks nearly obsolete, gadgets may soon do the same to credit and debit cards.
Business
Dec 1, 2010
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Asians make the most payments with mobile phones: research
The number of people using mobile phones to make payments is expected to rise 50 percent this year to nearly 109 million with Asians leading the pack, technology research firm Gartner said Monday.
Telecom
Jun 21, 2010
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Banking on mobile money
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many technologists and entrepreneurs have argued that mobile phones can empower people in the developing world by providing civic and commercial resources where traditional infrastructure is lacking. But ...
Economics & Business
Feb 23, 2010
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Mobile giving is catching on
For most nonprofits, raising money means asking donors to write a check. But like music, maps and movies, charitable giving is also going mobile.
Telecom
Jul 30, 2009
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